Improvement in heads for paper barrels



A. HUSTN. Heads for Paper Barrels.

Patented March 24,1874.

llllL WTTESSES.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. HOUSTON, OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEADS FOR PAPER BARRELS.

` Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,824, dated March24, 1874 application filed January 23, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE A. HOUSTON, of Beloit, in the county oi' Rockand State ot' \Viseonsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Heads for Paper Barrels; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specitication.

My invention relates to an improvement in heads for casks, barrels, orother similai` packages.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a sec- Jfion of my invention; Fig.2, a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 the same as applied.

My invention consists in the following' parts and combinations, ashereinafter specified and claimed, wherein A is a piece of pasteboard,tar-board, or papcr-nmch, or other equivalent material, suitably formedto iit into the package to which it is to be applied. Upon one or bothfaces of this piece A are pasted sheets of manila paper or any suitableflexible material or fabric, B, thus constituting a flexible edge to thehead A. C is the cask, barrel, or package. D D are hoops for retainingthe head A.

My invention-is applied as follows, (see Figs. 2 and 3:) The edge of theiiexible material B, which projects beyond the head A, is properlycrimped, substantially as shown in Fig. 2. The piece A is then forcedinto its proper position in the package O, andthe edges of the fabric Bbent outward over the rim of the package O, after which it is secured bythe hoops D D', or their equivalents. If deemed necessary, a coatingof-l any suitable water-proof orair-tight substance maybe painted orapplied over the head A and its iiexible edge B, for obvious purposes.

My invention is designed particularly to e11- able heads of paper,pasteboard, or other similar material to be employed in packages.

That I claim is- A cask, barrel, or package provided with a head, A,having a llexible edge, B, said edge being secured to the package by thehoops-D D', vsubstantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 22d day of January, 1874.

YGEORGE A. HOUSTON.

Witnesses LEvERETT L. LEGGETT, AcLAUn BOYLF..

